Monthly Archives: August 2022

Indefensible: The Missing Truth about Steven Avery, Teresa Halbach, and Making a Murderer

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Luke Ford

I’ve changed my mind on this case. I now think that Steven Avery did it and that the compelling Netflix documentary Making a Murderer was deceitful. Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach writes in this 2016 book: Prison records corroborate the fact … Continue reading →

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The Nightmare Of Intellectuals: Public Policy Falling To The People (8-26-22)

Posted on August 26, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:30 Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: The Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia 02:20 Tucker Carlson vs the FBI & American elites 53:00 ‘Most Americans are choosing to live a normal life in abnormal times’ 1:05:40 Andy Nowicki: The problems with … Continue reading →

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The Cynical Genius Illusion: Exploring and Debunking Lay Beliefs About Cynicism and Competence

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Luke Ford

From this 2019 paper: * Cross-cultural analyses showed that competent individuals held contingent attitudes and endorsed cynicism only if it was warranted in a given sociocultural environment. Less competent individuals embraced cynicism unconditionally, suggesting that—at low levels of competence—holding a … Continue reading →

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The Brain has a Mind of its Own: Attachment, Neurobiology and the New Science of Psychotherapy

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Luke Ford

Jeremy Holmes writes in this 2020 book: * Energy in FEP [Free Energy Principle] is not a physical phenomenon like heat, or electromagnetic radiation, but a superordinate explanatory category, akin to gravity (cf. Connolly & van Deventer, 2017), with both … Continue reading →

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California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—and What It Means for America’s Power Grid

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Luke Ford

This piece is the best thing I’ve read in the Wall Street Journal in years. I can’t wait to read the book. It comes out in five days. WSJ: Inside the Investigation That Secured a Guilty Plea for 84 Wildfire … Continue reading →

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